Alameda Eats - Julie's Coffee and Tea Garden

We placed our order and then headed for the patio out back since it was a sunny, California day. I think we used to take the sunshine for granted after living in the Bay Area for a while but now that we've lived for four years with the highly unpredictable weather in Dublin, we can really appreciate and even revel in a bit of sun.

We practically had the garden to ourselves.

We enjoyed a healthy energy ball coated in sesame (only in California!).

The lattes were well-crafted and served in a huge mug just the way we like it.

We'd been thinking that this place was rather Zen but this bust really sealed it for us...Now there was no question :-)

We really enjoyed the chance to chill out over a coffee at Julie's on a Saturday afternoon.